A Naturally Occurring Infection of Chickens with a Hemorrhagic Enteritis/Marble Spleen Disease Type of Virus
1979; American Association of Avian Pathologists; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1589578
ISSN1938-4351
AutoresC. H. Domermuth, Jeffrey R. Harris, W. B. Gross, R. T. DuBose,
Tópico(s)Virus-based gene therapy research
ResumoA virus indistinguishable from the causal viruses of hemorrhagic enteritis (HE) of turkeys and marble spleen disease (MSD) of pheasants was isolated from enlarged spleens of chickens condemned for Marek's disease (MD). Sera from 13 of 28 commercial broiler-breeder chicken flocks contained HE/MSD precipitin. The 13 positive flocks had a mean age of 32.9 + 12.4 weeks, and the 15 negative flocks a mean age 12.8 + 7.3 weeks. Avian adenovirus group-II splenomegaly of chickens is the name proposed for this disease.
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